blog.dk.sg Archives - 08 March 2012, Thursday

Do you think your smartphone is faster than the Windows Phone? Microsoft Singapore wants to challenge you. Paul Foster and the Windows Phone crew will be on the roads seeking challengers. If you can beat him on a task, you walk away with $100 cash.

OK, Apple announced the new iPad today. It’s not called the iPad 3 or iPad HD. The new iPad is going to be called iPad. Simple as that. It looks almost the same as the iPad 2 but slightly thicker. The iPad 2 is 8.8mm thick while the new iPad is 9.4mm. The new iPad is 662g, just 49g he...

Google today announced that it is rebranding the Android Market as Google Play . That’s not just it. Google Music, Google Movies and Google eBookstore will also be part of Google Play , making Google Play a one-stop shop for all of Google’s entertainment catalog. Available on both And...

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We know that the Lenovo ThinkPad are pretty tough. But how about the ThinkPad branded Tablets? Check out this torture test. Looks like they are do pretty well. Related posts: ThinkPad Edge Torture Test Lenovo Thinkpad to enable Fn-Ctrl key switching It’s the little things that makes a...

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Kabuki: The Masseur and the Thief is coming to Singapore. The traditional Japanese theatre is touring South East Asia after a massive sell-out success in Los Angeles in 2010. Kabuki (歌舞伎) is a classical form of traditional Japanese dance-drama, and most of these plays were written way...

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I have the opportunity to meet up with the COO of Assurity Trusted Solution, the company behind the National Authentication Framework: OneKey . Assurity Trusted Solutions is a subsidiary ofInfocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA). The OneKey token has 3 functions: One Time Pa...

Submitted by dk on March 4, 2012 – 11:00 AM No Comment | 4 views Wow, the last time I did a Tag/meme on my blog was back in 2008 . So how can I reject one when UFC tagged me? Here goes…. 1. What’s your dream home like? Somewhere along Bukit Timah. 3 levels and a underground carpark. H...

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The world’s largest rope swing. Part of me wish I can be there. Another part of me wonder if I dare to take the leap forward. Check out the behind the scene video too. And speaking of swing, I do miss those swing at playground. It seems like most playground nowadays don’t have the swi...

It’s interesting to note that there’s even rumors on when Apple send out their event invite. And they are quite accurate. Apple really send out an event invite yesterday just like what the rumors said. The event is on 7 March 2012, 10am. (8 March, 2am Singapore time) We can be sure th...

After months of delay, the long awaited Kinect Star Wars is finally coming soon. I managed to get a sneak preview of the game yesterday. As a Star Wars fan, I must say that I quite like the game. The Kinect Star Wars has 5 different modes: Jedi Destiny: Dark Side Rising, Duels of Fate...

You know a gadget has reached the highest level of Geekdom when someone write a lightsaber app for it. Yes, someone created a Light Saber using the Kinect with OpenKinect. This is by the same person who made Super Mario Bros possible on Kinect . I wonder what other amazing thing is he...

Here’s a Samsung Galaxy Note vs iPhone street challenge by Samsung USA. There’s lots of debate about how this challenge is bias towards the Galaxy Note. I agree. Plus the girl should just go to the App Store. There’s tons of free apps that can help her. Although honestly speaking, I w...

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2011 was a confusing year for HTC fans. The company made great phones but they keep pushing out phones after phones with just minor updates to the previous model. I think the effects of this compulsive adding of new phones is reflected during their disappointing fourth-quarter earning...

I guess by now all of you know that Yaw Shin Leong has been expelled by the Workers’ Party. Under the Singapore Constitution a MP must vacate his seat if he ceases to be a member of the party he was elected. This means that Hougang SMC has no MP for now. Naturally, when a MP vacate hi...

National Geographic Channel (NGC) and Canon are calling for fresh viewpoints from budding photographers aged 13 to 25 years old to observe our youths’ definition of culture and heritage through the National Geographic Channel Young Photographer Awards Photography Competition . Eight g...

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Nokia today announced at Mobile World Congress 2012 the Nokia Lumia 900. HOLD ON! Didn’t they announced the Lumia 900 during Consumer Electronics Show 2012? Well, the Nokia Lumia 900 that was announced in CES2012 has LTE and is exclusive to AT&T. This Lumia 900 that Nokia announced at...

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Skype is now available on Windows Phone 7 . FINALLY! What took Microsoft and Skype so long? Note that this is just a Beta version of Skype and is available to Windows Phone 7.5 users. And it would be good if your Windows Phone 7 has a front facing camera. Users can download directly f...

It’s going to take a while to get used to saying “Sony Xperia” instead of “Sony Ericsson Xperia”. In case you still don’t know, Sony and Ericsson have gone separate ways after ten years of its Sony Ericsson joint venture in the mobile phone market. Sony is taking full control of the m...

One of my favorite feature on the Google Doc is the real time collaboration. Real time collaboration allows multiple users to edit the same document at the same time. Google is bringing the real time collaboration feature to Android with the latest version of Google Docs app for Andro...

Good news to all those living in the western part of Singapore. Newstead Technologies just opened a new Digital Style store at Jurong Point last Friday. The 9,000 square feet store is the company’s largest multi-brand electronics concept store. The concept store promises a stress-free...

We’ve seen Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Samsung Galaxy Note. Now there’s rumors that Samsung will be announcing a Galaxy Note 10.1 at the Mobile World Congress The Galaxy Note 10.1 name first appeared on an invitation to a Samsung Developer Day at MWC. At first some people thought it m...

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Happy Birthday DKSG. I’ve been blogging on this beautiful domain for 4 years already. Thank you for your support over the past few years. It’s been a great journey. I’ve decided to make some changes to the blog during its 4th birthday. Firstly, I’ve decided to stop calling it Dee Kay ...

Remember the UK Folding Plug concept back in 2009 ? Well, it’s becoming a reality now. The UK Folding Plug will begin shipping in UK on 28 February 2012. The Mu power plug save space when not in use by rotating the live and neutral pin out of the way, thus reducing the traditional plu...

We are getting closer and closer to the much awaited Kinect Star Wars launch. The Singapore Xbox 360 Facebook page is showing off the Kinect Star Wars Limited Edition console. The force is strong with this one. The R2D2 inspired Xbox 360 console looks damn chio lah. And the white colo...

It seems like Microsoft might be launching their popular MS Office for iPad in a few weeks time. The Daily recently published a photograph of the software running on an iPad. A Microsoft spokesperson said the screen shot accompanying The Daily’s story is not a picture of a real Micros...

To celebrate the launch of BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0, BlackBerry is offering Asphalt 6 Adrenaline HD and Modern Combat 2 Black Pegasus HD free of charge for a limited time. You need to be on BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 in order to get the 2 free games. Upgrade now if you haven’t. Once...

The Sony Tablet P run on Android Honeycomb 3.2. Over the air upgrade to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will be coming in the future although there is no confirmed date yet. The Tablet P has a NVIDIA Tegra 2 mobile processor, 4GB storage, 5 Megapixel rear HD camera powered by Exmor for...

The Belkin ScreenCast AV 4 is great for those who want to connect their home entertainment devices to their HD TV without the unsightly wires and clutter. ScreenCast AV 4 allows you to connect up to 4 HDMI AV devices to your TV wirelessly. It has a range of up to 30m line of sight or ...

Nevada has became the first state in US to approve the testing of driverless car on state roads after lobbying from Google. Self driving cars aren’t ready for consumers yet. It will take at least a couple of years before we start seeing self driving cars being sold. But we do know tha...